NOBLE IS A SICK CAR! easily dubbed the best handling car in the world! and it is quick as hell, 0-60 comes in 3.5 or less if i'm not mistaken. Why would you want to fiddle with a corvette TT that might have issues, when you can have something that fast out of the box.

 

does this guy not know how to change gears?

 

^ lol he gets a nice pull and then doesn't shift up, just lets it cruise.... Noble is a sick car, definitely keep the Noble.

 

The Noble if kept will be made non-street legal and purely for tracking. I'm thinking of selling my TT Z and going for this for a daily. As for the handling with the Noble no doubt the fastest track car I've ever driven other than a cart I had an opty to take out but it is uncomfortable as hell and there is no way I'd take it for a serious road trip... I'm wondering how the C6 handles a track compared to the lighter Z06? I had the opty to speak with one shop about how many "problems" they've dealt with and the scary part was he told me the platform is too new to really analyze reliability. If anybody knows somebody with a TT C6 please hit me up. I'm on the vette forum but people are pretty odd over there compared to here. Actually I think I'm being treated like a n00b over here asking how much HP a Z will take to beat a xxx

 

Sleeves on a street car, never again I wouldnt do it.

 

Whats up Brother! Happy Holidays!

 

One of the things that actually has me concerned but I'm not sure if it has the same impact on this platform as the VQ... Deff not a tuner community around the LS which sucks. I'm getting no info

 

Thats what I'm saying, its an old man community over there. You ship your vette to the shop for mods, show it off a bit, drive it for a while and then ship it back to the shop for service. Sharing of info will be harder over there because fewer people will take a hands on interest in their vehicles IMO.

 

Hmmmmmm... Not saying the power levels are weak sauce, because they certainly aren't... But I would expect more power given the listed PSI levels and the list of mods to the engine including headwork. I've seen 700whp on a VQ at 21PSI with stock heads and single turbo setup as well as 1,000whp on a 4.2L stroked VQ with twin GT37R's. Therefore, I would be expecting well over 1,000whp at 21PSI on such a heavily modified LS7 motor, which has twice the dispacement of a VQ.

I wonder what kind/size of turbos are being used. I'm guessing they must be relatively small turbos; definitely smaller than a GT35R. I suspect the turbos are too small for that LS7 displacement and are choking the top end power. You should ask to see a dyno sheet for this vette.

For comparison, the APS twin turbo kit for the C6 Z06 uses twin Garrett GT3582R turbos and put down 625whp at only approx 6.5PSI on a DD dyno. Based off that dyno sheet, I bet the APS kit would make over 800whp at 13PSI versus the vette you are considering.

http://www.airpowersystems.com/corvette/z06.htm

 

i wouldnt do it, keep the Z and the noble, which is one of my all time fav cars

 

update: i'm having trouble getting a hold of the guy as he travels as much as i do and i'm in vegas for the fight this weekend. i'm still on the fence about it and i'll update with pics if i get the ***** to do it. thanks for the feedback and PMs all.

 

There is a shop in Tempe, AZ that specializes in twin turbo vettes. I've driven past there place a few times, and they always have sick *** vettes outside!!!

 

It sounds like a nice vette. But for the reasons I posted above, I have concerns about the turbo kit. If everything else with the car is legit and money wasn't an issue, I would get this vette and ditch the current turbo system for the APS kit. I would probably replace the APS BOV's with Tial 50mm units instead and do ProEFI for the engine management. But I digress... I don't have the $$$ to fulfill this dream.

 

Turbonetics T3/T4s On a phone so can't post pics from my memory/email but it's coming on way sooner than the APS. It's making 300WHP @ 2K, 500WHP @ 3K, 800 @ 3.5K and over 900 @ 4K RPMs on a DynoJet. 13 inch wheels ftw with this power too!

 

That blows my mind...I dont even know what to say It looks like a sick car but I would stick with what you have and maybe throw a little money into further upgrading the Z and the Noble.

 

Hmmm... Just as I suspected. Top end power has been sacrificed for instaspool. I'm not a big fan of Turbonetics turbos either. Not what I would have done for turbo selection on an LS7 vette.

Good luck with your decision either way.

 

I want instaspool and 700+ hp...

I actually entertained going with the APS Extremet twin turbo setup, but went with the Greddys as a nice balance between turbo lag and top end power. Nonetheless, I'm still making changes to reduce the turbo lag.

 

BUMP for update

OP, did you make a decision? Yay or nay on this vette?

 

Sleeves are fine on these things.

TT 'Vettes are some interesting animals. They are extremely fast but not my style. Some people have problems and some don't. The S/C usually prove to be more reliable but make less power.

If it was up to me, I'd have done the LS7 engine build then hit it with a 250-300shot of nitrous. That way you can stay N/A when you want to go road racing.

 

I was thinking the samething.... He really only needs 1 gear the way he drives...